Last year we took several posts to
consider what the Minister of Music i.e. the Chief Musician should be
like. I thought it would be appropriate
to start the second year of this philosophical blog considering what the senior
pastor should be like. If you find these
posts helpful, please share them with your pastoral friends.
I
know that there are many helps published for pastors but these works often say
little or nothing about the responsibilities of a senior pastor when it comes
to music in the church. This is a
puzzling phenomenon to me, since music has proven many times during the last
half of the twentieth century to be what I call “the war department”. Those who know much about the dynamics of
church music in the late twentieth century know that church music was the cause
of mire church splits than theology or lifestyle. So with this in mind we will consider, in the
next few posts, what the responsibilities of senior pastors are. Those who are new to this philosophical blog
should be advised that we are beginning a series of posts and that we make no
attempt to bring each post to definite conclusions. Therefore the reader should read any posts
that he or she has missed before continuing with the thoughts presented in the
daily posts.
Being the senior pastor of a church is an
awesome privilege and a wonderful opportunity to personally pastor those who
minister through music. God has placed
the senior pastor at the head of the church for many reasons. As has been thoroughly discussed in this
book, preaching Christ crucified is the “main thing”. Certainly every senior pastor should spend
much time preparing to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Therefore, I will not be suggesting that
senior pastors do the work of the minister of music. Also, I will in no way suggest that the
senior pastor take a controlling approach to the every-day responsibility of church
music.
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